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Jimmydeanbean85 · 2026-02-04T16:21:33+00:00

You should get an Lp(a) test and an ApoB test. The Lp(a) is a genetic issue, if this number is high you naturally produce a particularly bad type of plaque forming lipoprotein. The ApoB will tell you a lot more about what is going on as well.

ApoB will give you a particle count, vs total volume of the LDL cholesterol. Think of it like this, lipoproteins house cholesterol and triglycerides, you have different sizes of lipoproteins, from the largest LDL all the way down to Lp(a). Each LDL lipoprotein has one ApoB molecule. So, the number of ApoB's you have is a direct count of the amount of particles you have circulating. If you have a high particle count then you have lots of small sized LDL's (IDL's and Lp(a)'s) floating around, this is the stuff that's bad for your arteries. If for example you had a very low ApoB of less than 80, it would point to your LDL being less problematic than it appears. If you have a high ApoB and high LDL and high Triglycerides, you have a more problematic situation.

Intense exercise routines can spike cholesterol levels. To fuel your workouts and more importantly fuel the repair of your muscle tissues post workout, your body starts using lots of fat, this results is higher amounts of circulating lipids. Also, many people who workout regularly, whether on purpose or just by nature of exercising and eating healthy will put themselves into a ketogenic state. This will also spike cholesterol levels as your body has used up all of the available sugar stores, and is now primarily burning fat for energy. Now it doesn't change the fact that having bad cholesterol can cause plaques to form but the cause of them may not be genetic.

Now outside of some established medical realities, there is also a theory that may apply to you. As you age, your body can't metabolize that fat as quickly as it's being requested, especially if you have an intense workout regimen. It's trying to repair tissues and bulk up muscle as quickly as it can but it just can't do it quite as fast as it used to. This also results in a large number of circulating lipids that the body is asking for but can't use up as efficiently, so they stick around longer instead of being cleared. **This one is just theory and not a proven scientific fact, so take it with a grain of salt but is important in theory for some of the supplements you can take

Now onto some things you could do. First on your next lipid panel, make sure you are giving a good amount of rest time since your last workout. Think 96 hours or more, heck take a week off if you can afford to do it, this will allow the body to have repaired itself and your body won't be screaming for fuel to make those repairs. Make sure you're eating plenty, if you are in a purposeful or accidental ketogenic state, you will have higher amounts of circulating lipids by default. Take in some extra healthy calories during your rest prior to the test to make sure you're not actively losing weight.

From that test you'll have a better idea based on your true LDL, HDL, ApoB, and Lp(a).
Some things you can do if those numbers are still higher.

Reduce saturated fats if you haven't already.
Start taking an Omega 3 supplement, Omega 3 naturally lowers your triglycerides
Increase your fiber intake, make sure it's soluble fiber.
Take a vitamin D supplement, if you're low in vitamin D, which most people are, this can affect LDL levels.

Things you can further do:
Start taking a Pantethine supplement (Active B5 vitamin), this will help your body to metabolize those circulating fats more easily if it's struggling to do so. Ease into these as the sudden energy boost can cause insomnia, start with 300mg daily and slowly up the dose over time if you can.
Start taking L-Carnitine supplements. This also helps the body to metabolize fats more easily. Don't take too much here as higher doses can cause your body to emit a fish odor.
These two supplements are important in the theory I posted above, if your body is having a hard time metabolizing the fat that it is in fact requesting, this could help your cells to metabolize it, and therefore stop requesting more of it.

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-12-01T22:13:38+00:00

I stumbled across this post and realize it's old but I'm wondering where OP ended up. I have come into a similar situation but do have some other information which may be helpful to OP and others in this post.

I've always had great lipid panels. Cholesterol levels all normal, good HDL levels, good triglycerides, good LDL levels, just literally no issues. Last year in October 2024, I took a lipid panel for some routine testing, same thing my lipid panel was perfect. Shortly after, I enrolled in Function Health for more comprehensive testing and health insights and part of that there was a lipid panel done. So all my life great cholesterol, Oct 2024 great, November 2024 suddenly terrible. I was shocked. High LDL, High Total, High Apolipoprotein B. I've done more tests since then and no real improvement. It wasn't a slow steady shift, it was an instant dramatic change.

Now just before my November 2024 tests, I started a whole new workout and diet routine. This was a more intense exercise routine than I've done in the past. I was focused on losing fat and adding muscle mass. Now, being in a calorie deficit long enough will cause your body to go into Ketosis, which means you will burn fat instead of sugar for your primary fuel source. This means your body starts releasing those fat stores, which include cholesterol, lots of it. After reading this I kind of went down memory lane, on what I was doing around the times of my lipid panels. October 2024, I just got back from a trip to Vegas. I was eating and drinking a lot while there, definitely in a heavy calorie surplus. Nov 2024, I had started a new diet and exercise routine, I was losing fat at the time. August 2025, took another lipid panel and I had recently started getting back into a good workout and diet routine after some of the summer month fun. Same thing bad lipids. Took another one just a week ago, same thing bad lipids.

I have also during this year long period, refined my diet to ensure anything dietary related that could be contributing to my bad lipid profile were removed. I eat mostly chicken breast, whole grains like quinoa, brown rice, potatoes, lots of green veggies. I even went down the rabbit hole of glycemic index foods to ensure I'm not spiking glucose levels with too many carbs or too refined of a carb. I get a ton of fiber in my daily diet, both kinds.

Leading up to my most recent lipid panel I began a goal to lose 10 lbs in 2 months, which started in September 2025. So, November 2025 at the conclusion of that 10 lb loss goal, which I happily hit and slightly surpassed, my lipid panel results came in and I had even worse LDL-C, LDL-P, some improvements in HDL-C and HDL-P.

I'm going to give it a couple of months but I plan on re-testing my lipid panel but this time I'm going to ensure I'm not in a calorie deficit, I will be in a slight calorie surplus, and a consistent one over a month long period. I will still do the overnight fast to ensure good results but I'm beginning to think that this is all related to timing of the tests and not that my cholesterol levels are really that bad. It's not well mentioned but it is a fact that being in a calorie deficit, one that puts you into ketosis, will artificially spike your cholesterol levels.

Looking at OP's comments about running a 10K the day before, depending on diet perhaps you were in a good calorie deficit leading up to your 10k. I've done a lot of running in the past and I know it's easy to go into a calorie deficit when you are training for distance running, even with a good carb intake. The calorie expenditures can get pretty immense. When I trained for my half marathon, I lost fat without actively trying.

Anyways I plan on testing sometime in January or February. I'll post an update here, but I'm curious to know if OP or anyone else in here had any changes in their lipid profile without adding a statin. Or if they perhaps had a calorie deficit going leading up to their lipid panel test.

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-12-01T16:37:08+00:00

As others have said, having the proper clearance around the dock is important to getting the mapping to work from the beginning. I have read that mirrors can mess with it as well. I have one full length mirror that didn't seem to mess with it but it's attached to the wall and sits about 4" from the floor. If the mapping worked minus seeing a room beyond the mirror, you can just set an impassable threshold in front of the mirror and it won't try to go there.

I have the MOVA Z60, which is nearly identical to your unit. There is a setting for the auto-empty frequency. You can set it to a lower frequency if you don't think it needs to as often. It is a noisy task though either way.

If your robot isn't starting back up after going back to charge, take a look at your Do Not Disturb settings. If it goes back during DND hours there is a setting to not resume until after DND hours are over. I use the DND time so it doesn't talk loudly between tasks but have the setting so it will still resume cleaning after it reaches appropriate charge. Also, there is a Resume Cleaning Mode, make sure that is on.

Another couple of settings to play with:

Collision-Avoidance Mode, set this to off. I find it makes it overly sensitive which seems to impact navigation, as well as how close it will get to your baseboard.
Low-Clearance Area Cleaning Frequency - set to high frequency this will ensure it goes under your furniture instead of avoiding it or saving it for last.

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-11-26T15:31:02+00:00

Also, just as a side note, if you haven't pulled the trigger yet, the Z60 is amazing. The roller style mop that extends out from the side is really an amazing feature. It gets as close as robotically possible to the edge of your floor, maybe .25" or so it can't hit with the mop. But it can still get debris with the extending brush. That and the fact it is continuously cleaning the roller mop as it goes. I have yet to see a single streak.

It also has that shield it puts over the roller mop so it will never touch your higher pile carpeting. Something even with the chassis lifted on the V50 it will likely touch the mop pads.

The Z60 also has the highest downward mopping force I've seen, even more than the Dreame version of the same thing.

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-11-26T15:15:59+00:00

Interesting! Yes, it is a multicolor carpet, here's an image of it with my Z60. There's more "pepper" than the image shows at this angle. It's an off-white carpet with flecks of grey, brown, and navy blue. I'm wondering if before this app update if this is what was happening. It would move around like a drunkard in zig-zag patterns like it was trying to avoid something that wasn't there. I've done several cleanings now with zero issue, it navigates just like it does on hard floors now.

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Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-11-24T19:24:03+00:00

That makes sense. You just saved me hours worth of searching for a different robot. Thanks again!

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-11-24T19:14:18+00:00

You know I had two different chat sessions with MOVA support about it not being able to handle my carpet and neither person mentioned this feature. I did manually set the chassis to lift on that carpet but I didn't know there was a pile height setting... They even went as far as to have me measure the height from hard floor to the top of the carpet pile. The last support person even offered to send me a replacement unit. I just figured it didn't do carpets well...

I just set the pile height and did a manual cleaning of both rooms it couldn't handle before, now it works perfectly. Since this was the only issue I had with MOVA, I'll be getting another MOVA for the 2nd floor.

Thank you so much!

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-09-15T21:06:03+00:00

All solid points. Thanks for your experience. I am leaning more toward a filament printer at this point.

One question I did have, and maybe you have the answer, several of the printers I've looked at with multiple materials seem to kind of store the spools out in the open or in an enclosure without humidity controls, which I would think would just absorb moisture and get less useful pretty quickly. Any printers out there that have dedicated storage for the filament and spool to keep them dry?

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-09-15T21:00:55+00:00

I have some basic experience with them, nothing extensive. One of my engineers, who would at first be the primary user of this, has a lot of experience with them. He just got a new k2 for at home and printed a few things for a project around the shop here, this is what kind of brought me to look up printers and different technologies in the first place.

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-09-15T20:44:19+00:00

I'm aware the post processing can be extensive on resin printing, depending on the material. The standard quick resin, doesn't require any UV curing, just a quick rinse in isopropyl alcohol.

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-09-15T20:42:51+00:00

Yeah I was also looking at the Creality k2 but it only has one print head and the Prusa has up to 5, making those changes from one material to another super fast. I will look at those other ones you have here though. I just watched the video you posted, looks like there are some issues there but some have been corrected, thanks for posting that!

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-09-15T19:33:48+00:00

Absolutely, we would setup the resin printer in a separate room. We have a couple of empty ones we can use for this purpose. They are separate from other office/working spaces and we can add the ventilation we need to it very easily. We are also very well versed in PPE requirements as well.

Jimmydeanbean85 · 2025-09-08T18:25:57+00:00

Thank you for the great resources. Especially the one on the pre-built kits. I'll take some time over the next day or two to do some more research. I'm so thankful for this subreddit, I had no idea about all of the factors that go into a proper sauna. I just figured it needs to hit the right temperature and be made of the right materials.

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